Circular  Address 

IN  BEHALF 
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UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI 


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1893 


CIRCULAR  ADDRESS 

IN  BEHALF 
• OF  THE  • 

University  of  Cincinnati. 


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1893 


ACTION  TAKEN  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Cincinnati,  held  March  13,  1893,  a committee  was 
appointed  “to  prepare  a circular  to  be  addressed  to  promi- 
nent citizens.”  The  committee  consists  of  Messrs.  Ramsey, 
Comegys  and  Prof.  Sproull,  Dean.  The  committee  selected 
the  Dean  to  prepare  the  circular,  which,  after  having  been 
approved,  was  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  is  contained  in 
this  pamphlet. 

On  March  20,  1893,  a committee  of  five  was  appointed, 
“with  power  to  act,  to  take  charge  of  the  matter  of  raising 
money,  with  which  to  erect  an  Academy  Building  in  Burnet 
Woods  Park.”  The  members  of  this  committee  are  Messrs. 
Hinkle,  Ramsey,  Strunk,  McAlpin  and  Stallo. 

On  June  16,  1893,  it  was  resolved  by  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, that  “ the  Dean  of  the  University  be  authorized  to 
proceed  in  any  manner  he  may  deem  advisable  to  secure 
contributions  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  buildings  for  the 
University  in  Burnet  Woods  Park,  to  act  concurrently 
with,  but  independently  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
Board,  for  the  same  purpose.” 

It  is  the  desire  of  the  University  authorities  that  the 
public  shall  have  full  knowledge  concerning  the  institution. 
Any  one  wishing  information  not  contained  in  this  pam- 
phlet, can  obtain  it  by  communicating  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
Board,  any  member  of  the  Directorate,  or  the  Dean. 

The  Appendix  contains  the  names  and  donations  of  the 
benefactors  of  the  University;  also  the  names  of  tUe 
Directors  and  of  the  Faculty. 

Those  desiring  to  make  contributions  to  the  University, 
of  any  amount  whatsoever,  are  requested  to  hav/e  them 
made  payable  to  Joseph  F.  Wright,  Clerk. 

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FINANCIAL  CONDITION  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF 
CINCINNATI. 

According  to  the  report  of  Joseph  F.  Wright,  Clerk,  the 
financial  condition  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  Dec. 
31,  1892,  was  as  follows: 


receipts. 

Cash  balance  in  the  treasury,  General  Fund,  Dec.  31,  1891.  .$6,198  99 
Cash  balance  in  the  treasury,  Observatory  Fund,  Dec.  31, ’91,  6,852  73 


From  Julius  Dexter,  endowment  of  Observatory 73  00 

From  Charles  McMicken  estate 27,187  33 

From  Matthew  Thoms  estate 7, 712  20 

From  the  Browne  estate 1,309  60 

From  Treasurer  of  Hamilton  Co.,  support  of  University.  .18,229  38 
From  Treasurer  of  Hamilton  Co.,  support  of  Observatory,  5,468  81 
From  tuition  fees  and  other  small  items 2,449  32 


$75,481  36 


EXPENDITURES. 


For  the  McMicken  College  of  the  University 

For  annuities  to  heirs  of  Charles  McMicken 

For  maintenance  of  the  Observatory  of  the  University  . . 

For  office  expenses,  salaries,  etc 

For  repairs  and  insurance  of  McMicken  estate 

For  repairs  of  the  buildings  of  the  Thoms  estate 

For  legal  expenses  of  the  Thoms  estate . 

jFor  amount  paid  Sinking  Fund  Trustees,  interest  on  city 

'bonds  

Cast>  balance  in  treasury,  in  General  Fund 

Cash  {balance  in  treasury,  in  Observatory  Fund 


$36,917 

98 

3.000 

00 

8,367 

14 

2,773 

03 

5,M4 

86 

693 

30 

538 

3i 

5,32o 

00 

8,687 

34 

4,039 

40 

University  of  Cincinnati. 


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ENDOWMENTS. 

Real  estate  devised  by  the  will  of  Chas.  McMicken,  with 

improvements  built  out  of  the  income,  estimated.  . .$600,000  00 
University  building,  apparatus,  and  furniture  paid  for  by 

the  city 78,411  25 

The  Observatory,  instruments,  and  furniture 
presented  by  the  Astronomical  Society, 

estimated $8,000  00 

Real  estate  given  by  Mr.  John  Kilgour io,ouo  00 

Cash  given  by  Mr.  John  Kilgour  for  the  building,  10,000  00 

Additional  cost  of  the  Observatory,  paid  by  the 

city 19,658  40 

Endowment  by  Mr.  Julius  Dexter 1,000  00 


48,658  40 

Amount  of  the  Browne  endowment 18,192  67 

Devise  of  Matthew  Thoms,  estimated 130,000  00 

Annual  tax  levy  of  one  tenth  of  one  mill,  net 13.680  00 

Annual  tax  levy  for  support  of  Observatory 5,138  00 


$894,080  32 

In  this  connection  the  following  statements  should  be 
made:  'Up  to  the  year  1888  and  inclusive,  the  University 
paid  four  per  cent  into  the  Sinking  Fund,  in  order  to  meet 
at  maturity  $50,000  in  bonds,  which  were  issued  Dec.  6, 
1875,  dated  August  1,  1872,  and  $26,000  in  bonds  issued  in 
1877,  for  the  erection  of  the  present  buildings.  On  April 
5,  1889,  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly,  the  four  per- 
cent was  reduced  to  07ie  per  cent.  A question  as  to  the 
constitutionality  of  this  reduction  has  arisen,  which  will  be 
decided  by  a friendly  suit.  The  only  other  litigation,  in 
which  the  University  is  interested,  is  in  connection  with 
the  transfer  of  the  Cincinnati  College  property.  The  suit 
brought  by  the  heirs  of  Matthew  Thoms  has  been  com- 
promised; the  particulars  are  given  in  the  Appendix. 

In  July,  1893,  the  Board  of  Legislation  authorized  the 
issuing  of  four  per  cent  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $100,000, 
payable  in  twenty-five  years , for  the  purpose  of  erecting 


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and  equipping  buildings  on  the  new  site,  in  Burnet  Woods 
Park.  In  order  to  pay  these  bonds  at  maturity,  and  likewise 
the  $76,000  in  bonds  mentioned  above,  and  also  to  help  meet 
the  incidental  expenses,  the  Board  of  Education,  duly 
empowered,  has  fixed  the  levy  at  two-tenths  of  one  mill. 

DEPARTMENTS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

The  University  of  Cincinnati  embraces  the  Academic 
Department  and  affiliated  institutions ; namely,  Miami 
Medical  College,  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  Clinical  and 
Pathological  School  of  the  Cincinnati  Hospital,  College  of 
Dental  Surgery,  College  of  Pharmacy.  Each  one  of  these 
affiliated  institutions  is  self-governed. 

The  attendance,  according  to  the  catalogue,  in  all  depart- 
ments during  the  year  1892-3,  was  as  follows : 


Academic  Department 208 

University  Extension  Courses 199 

Miami  Medical  College 86 

Medical  College  of  Ohio 225 

Clinical  and  Pathological  School  of  the  Cincinnati  Hospital.  . . 233 

College  of  Dental  Surgery 120 

College  of  Pharmacy.  67 

Total \ 1,138 

Deduct  Students  counted  in  more  than  one  department  of  the 

University 103 

Total 1,035 


DIRECTORS  AND  FACULTY. 

The  governing  body  of  the  institution,  as  restricted  to  the 
A^demie  Department,  consists  of  a Board  of  nineteen 
directors,  eighteen  of  whom  are  appointed  for  a period  of 
six  ye^rs  by  the  Superior  Court  of  Hamilton  County.  The 
Mayor  \f  the  city  is  a Director  ex-officio.  The  Faculty  is 
composed  of  twelve  professors,  four  instructors  and  three 


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assistants.  Courses  of  instruction  are  offered  to  males  and 
females  alike  in  the  Classics,  Literature  and  the  Sciences, 
(Mathematics,  Physics,  Chemistry,  Biology,  Civil  Engineer- 
ing and  Astronomy).  Tuition  is  free  to  residents;  to  non- 
residents, sixty  dollars  a year. 


GROWTH  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

The  rapid  growth  of  the  Academic  Department  may  be 
seen  by  comparing  the  records  of  the  past  few  years. 
The  whole  number  of  students  enrolled,  was  in  — 


1884- 85  69 

1885- 86  : 89 

1886- 87 1 18 

1887- 88 118 

1888- 89 125 

1889- 90 121 

1890- 91  - 133 

1891- 92 151 

Extension  Classes 80 

231 

1892- 93 208 

Extension  Classes  199 

407 

1 893- 94  250 


Extension  classes  for  1893-94  are  not  yet  organized. 


AIM  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

Charles  McMicken’s  object  was  to  found  an  institution 
where  instruction  should  be  imparted  in  the  higher  branches 
of  knowledge,  to  the  extent  the  same  are  taught  in  any  of/ 
the  secular  colleges  or  universities  of  the  highest  grade 
the  country.  This  is  the  aim  the  University  has  in  v;jtew> 
although  much  must  be  done  before  it  can  be  att  alned. 
Even  in  under-graduate  work  not  all  has  been  accom- 
plished. Some  of  the  present  chairs  must  be  dW  1(ted,  and 


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new  ones  established,  that  there  may  be  a wider  range  of 
studies,  and  that  classes  may  not  be  so  large  that  students 
receive  but  little  individual  attention.  Provision  has  never 
been  made  either  for  instruction  in  elocution  or  systematic 
athletic  training.  Moreover,  there  can  be  no  real  university 
work,  unless  facilities  be  offered  for  graduate  students.  At 
present  no  candidate  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philoso- 
phy is  accepted,  because  the  Faculty  is  not  large  enough 
and  the  departments  are  not  well  enough  equipped  to  do 
this  work  in  a proper  manner. 


UNIVERSITY  EXTENSION. 


The  new  movement,  University  Extension,  has  made  it 
plain  that  there  are  large  numbers  of  persons  eager  to 
acquire  an  education,  or  to  continue  their  studies  under 
proper  guidance.  It  may  be  that  they  can  not  comply 
with  the  present  conditions  of  entrance  requirements,  of 
time  or  of  place.  The  attendance  upon  extension  classes 
throughout  the  country  has  exceeded  the  number  of  stu- 
dents yearly  enrolled  in  colleges  and  universities.  This 
movement  has  developed  two  phases,  the  lecture  study  and 
the  class  work . In  the  former,  lecturers  are  sent  to  certain 
places,  in  different  localities,  who  deliver  a course  of  six  or 
twelve  correlated  lectures,  such  as  would  be  given  in  the 
class-room.  In  connection  with  the  University  of  Chicago, 
fifty  per  cent  of  the  course  leading  to  a Bachelor’s  degree 
can  be  done  in  this  way.  The  class-work  phase  of  the 
movement  was  begun  in  the  University  of  Cincinnati, 
^September,  1891.  Classes  were  held  on  Saturday  mornings, 
w^th  an  attendance  of  eighty.  In  the  second  year,  begin- 
nings October,  1892,  there  was  an  enrollment  in  all  the 
classed  of  two  hundred  a?id  fifty-eight . 


Colleges  and  universities  do  not  yet  meet  even  the 
reasonable  demands  of  all  seeking  a higher  education. 


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The  University  of  Cincinnati  should  be  in  a condition  to 
conduct  regular  classes,  to  carry  on  extension  classes  on 
Saturdays  and  at  centers  within  a radius  of  fifty  miles,  also 
courses  during  the  Summer  vacation.  Evening  instruction, 
leading  to  degrees  both  in  under-graduate  and  graduate 
studies,  should  be  offered.  Graduation,  in  this  case,  must 
depend  not  upon  a time  limit,  but  upon  the  amount  and 
quality  of  the  work  done.  To  summarize,  the  progressive 
institution  of  the  future  will  offer  curricula  the  whole  year 
round,  day  and  evening,  meeting  the  wants  of  a large 
number  of  persons,  of  whom  colleges  and  universities  now 
take  no  cognizance. 

PROFESSIONAL  SCHOOLS. 

The  professional  schools,  those  affiliated  as  well  as  others, 
ought  to  be  brought  into  nearer  relations  with  the  Univer- 
sity. Professional  schools  and  the  college  can  be  made  to 
produce  better  results  and  at  less  expense,  when  they  are 
more  closely  united  and  when  unification  has  in  view  the 
greater  efficiency  of  the  whole. 

RESEARCH  WORK. 

In  America  we  are  beginning  to  recognize  the  fact  that 
the  whole  work  of  the  university  does  not  consist  in  teach- 
ing. It  must  stimulate  research,  and  be  a home  and  pro- 
vide the  means  for  those  who  will  enlarge  or  rectify  the 
knowledge  of  mankind.  The  activity  of  such  men  can  not 
be  judged  by  the  number  of  hours  they  spend  in  the 
class-room.  They  would  often  accomplish  the  greatest  good 
by  devoting  their  time,  strength,  and  energy  to-  research 
work  exclusively. 

Superior  teaching  gives  an  institution  a local  reputatio^1  > 
research  work  spreads  its  name  throughout  the  civii:iZec^ 
world.  No  institution  has  a right  to  the  name  of  v niver" 
sity  unless  it  has  acquired  a reputation  for  origins  1 mves“ 
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PRESENT  NEEDS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CIN- 
CINNATI. 

The  University  of  Cincinnati  is  in  urgent  need  at  the 
present  time  of  $200,000  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and 
equipping,  in  Burnet  Woods,  the  following  buildings: 

1.  A main  building,  containing  lecture  and  recitation 
rooms,  library  and  hall. 

2.  A building  for  the  Chemical  and  Civil  Engineering 
Departments. 

3.  A building  for  the  Physical  and  Biological  Depart- 
ments. 

It  is  estimated  that  it  will  cost  $100,000  to  construct  and 
equip  the  main  building;  $35,000  to  construct  and  $15,000 
to  equip  each  of  the  other  two  buildings. 

Authorization  has  been  given  to  issue  $100,000  four  per 
cent  bonds,  payable  in  twenty-five  years.  One  hundred 
thousand  ($100,000)  dollars  must  be  raised  by  subscription. 

The  foundations  should  be  laid  this  Fall,  so  that  the 
buildings  may  be  occupied  September,  1894,  and  the  condi- 
tions of  the  gift  be  complied  with,  one  of  which  is  that 
$100,000  must  be  expended  in  this  way  by  October  21,  1894, 
otherwise  the  grant  will  lapse. 

This  amount  of  money  will  not,  however,  put  the  Uni- 
versity on  a broad  and  sound  financial  basis,  so  that  it  may 
be  in  reality  what  it  is  in  name.  For  this  purpose  an 
income  of  at  least  $300,000  a year  is  necessary,  and  this  sum 
would  fall  far  below  what  some  other  institutions  possess. 

WEALTH  OF  OTHER  INSTITUTIONS. 

The  wealth  of  six  prominent  institutions  has  been  given 
s follows  : 


Joh\ns  Hopkins $3,000,000 

University  of  Chicago 7,000,000 

University  of  California 7,000,000 

Yale  Un diversity 10000,000 

Harvard  '^University 11,000,000 

Columbia  Ci£ollege 13,000,000 


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University  of  Cincinnati. 


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Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University,  it  is  thought,  will  far 
surpass  any  of  these  in  resources. 

These  figures  do  not  include  tuition.  In  1891,  the  term- 
bills  in  the  Academic  Department  of  Yale  amounted  to 
$161,135.18,  and  the  College  Department  alone  of  Harvard 
received,  as  tuition,  $230,899.35. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  AND  THE  COMMUNITY. 

A university  is  one  of  the  best  safeguards  of  democratic 
institutions;  that  is,  when  it  is  carried  on  so  as  to  enlighten 
the  public,  and  not  in  the  interests  of  a class.  It  enables 
those  who  have  neither  wealth,  nor  birth,  nor  preferment 
to  commend  them,  to  rise  by  their  own  merits.  It  helps 
to  lay  the  foundation  of  the  only  true  aristocracy,  which 
must  rest  upon  character,  education,  and  refinement. 
Higher  education  helps  to  narrow  the  gap  between  the 
rich  and  the  poor.  Nothing  would  be  more  dangerous  to 
the  stability  of  our  government  than  to  withhold  higher 
education  from  the  great  mass  of  the  poor,  and  to  have  it 
enjoyed  only  by  the  small  number  of  the  rich. 

In  another  way  such  an  institution  benefits  a commu- 
nity. As  the  center  of  learning,  art,  science,  and  practi- 
cal skill,  of  broadening  and  humanizing  culture,  it  can  radi- 
ate a most  potent  influence  in  every  direction.  From  it 
go  forth  men  and  women  who  have  learned  to  think, 
weigh,  decide,  and  who  can  act.  Such  men  and  women  are 
wanted  now,  when  the  country  is  full  of  sciolists  and 
charlatans  who,  with  the  utmost  assurance  and  dogmatisn^i, 
and  without  any  regard  to  the  teachings  of  experience / or 
of  the  past,  projnounee  upon  any  and  every  n in 


politics,  morality,  or  religion. 


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THE  FINANCIAL  ADVANTAGES  OF  A UNIVERSITY  TO 
A COMMUNITY. 

Very  few  think  of  the  great  financial  advantages  accruing 
from  an  educational  institution.  In  reality,  no  other  organi- 
zation is  relatively  so  great  a source  of  revenue  as  a college 
or  university,  and  none  distributes  its  revenue  through  so 
many  channels.  New  Haven  and  Cambridge  would  receive 
a serious  blow,  which  would  be  felt  by  every  householder, 
if  Yale  and  Harvard  were  blotted  out.  Cast  year  there 
were  in  attendance  at  Yale  University  1966  students,  and  at 
Harvard  2966.  In  the  College  Department  of  Yale,  the 
average  expenses  for  thirty-six  weeks  are  $591,  and  at 
Harvard  $622  are  a liberal  estimate.  There  is  no  tuition 
charged  in  either  Divinity  School.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
tuition  in  some  of  the  other  schools  is  much  more  than  in 
the  CollegexDepartment.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  average 
expenses  of  a student  at  Yale  are  $561  a year,  and  at  Har- 
vard $622.  This  makes  a total  of  $1,161,906  annually 
expended  by  students  in  New  Haven,  and  of  $1,844,852  in 
Cambridge.  The  result  is  that  at  the  end  of  every  few 
years  Yale  and  Harvard  have  enriched  New  Haven  and 
Cambridge  to  an  amount  equal  to  their  entire  endowments. 
No  railroad  or  other  corporation  ever  paid  a community  so 
well.  Thus,  from  a business  point  of  view,  it  would  seem 
to  be  a good  thing  to  endow  thoroughly  the  University  of 
Cincinnati. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  AND  THE  YOUTH  OF  CINCINNATI. 

Eighty-four  per  cent  of  the  students  in  attendance  are 
dependent  upon  the  University  for  a higher  educatio?i. 

To  ascertain  in  how  far  the  students  are  dependent  upon 
thf  University  for  a higher  education,  and  also  whether  or 
not  tfrey  would  be  able  to  pay  the  tuition  fee  charged  by  Yale 
or  Harvard>  a circular  letter  was  sent  to  the  parents  of  all 
the  studemts>  living  in  Cincinnati  or  the  suburbs,  contain- 
ing the  following  questions : 


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1.  If  there  were  no  opportunity  in  Cincinnati  of  giv- 
ing your  son  (or  daughter)  a college  education,  do  you 
think  that  the  expenses  connected  therewith  would 
prevent  your  sending  him  (or  her)  from  home  for  that 
purpose  ? 

2.  Would  a tuition  fee  of  $150  a year  prevent  your 
sending  your  son  (or  daughter)  to  the  University? 

Of  the  answers  received  seventy  per  cent  were  “ Yes”  to 
both  questions;  fourteen  per  cent  “Yes”  to  the  first  and 
“ No  ” to  the  second  ; thirtee7i  per  cent  “ No  ” to  both  ques- 
tions; and  three  per  ceiit  “No”  to  the  first  and  “Yes”  to 
the  second.  The  meaning  of  this  is  that  eighty-four  per 
cent  of  our  students  could  not  enjoy  the  advantages  of  a 
higher  education,  if  it  were  not  afforded  them  by  the 
University,  and  seventy  per  cent  would  not  be  able  to 
pay  the  University  an  annual  fee  of  $150.  The  most  of  the 
best  students  are  among  this  number.  If  there  could  be 
found  no  other  reason  for  the  support  of^the  University, 
this  one  should  suffice. 

CITIES  THE  SEATS  OF  GREAT  UNIVERSITIES. 

It  is  now  generally  acknowledged  that  the  seats  of  great 
universities  must  be  in  or  near  cities.  Some  departments, 
such  as  medical,  dental  and  those  devoted  to  the  practical 
study  of  social  economics,  could  not  prosper  amid  a rural 
population.  In  the  cities  are  museums,  various  collections 
and  libraries.  Here  are  found  the  important  industries, 
also  works  showing  the  skill  of  the  engineer  and  architect. 
Here  most  frequently  meet  in  their  annual  assemblies  those 
who  are  pre-eminent  in  letters,  the  arts,  or  the  sciences^'. 
Hither  come  in  their  travels  men  who  have  obtaii^d 
renown  in  any  walk  of  life.  There  are  some  means/con- 
tributing to  culture  and  refinement,  which  are  deryrendent 
upon  the  support  of  a large  population,  and  vynich  can 
flourish  no  where  else. 


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CINCINNATI’S  FAVORABLE  LOCATION. 

Cincinnati  has  all  the  advantages  for  the  development  of 
a university  that  large  cities  in  general  possess.  It  excels 
moreover  in  this  one  respect.  There  is  a very  large  dis- 
trict, extending  in  every  direction,  in  which  there  are  many 
colleges,  but  no  institution  that  is  justly  entitled  to  the 
name  of  university.  From  this  territory  there  go  forth 
every  year  large  numbers  of  students,  to  the  East  especially, 
who  would  remain  nearer  home,  if  they  could  enjoy  the 
same  facilities. 

A CRITICAL  MOMENT  FOR  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

It  is  a critical  moment  for  the  University  of  Cincinnati, 
not  only  because  the  time  will  soon  have  gone  by  when 
the  grant  of  the  site  in  Burnet  Woods  Park  will  expire 
(Oct.  21,  1894),  unless  the  condition  be  fulfilled,  but  also 
because  the  halls  are  full  to  overflowing,  and  classes  are 
increasing  in  size,  so  that  the  students  can  not  receive  the 
personal  attention  to  which  they  have  a right.  If  ampler 
and  better  accommodations  be  not  provided  and  classes  be 
not  divided  (which  necessitates  additional  professors),  stu- 
dents will  go  elsewhere;  and  the  vantage  ground  gained 
after  a hard  struggle  of  twenty  years  will  be  lost.  Now 
must  be  answered  the  questions,  Shall  the  University  be  a 
local  mstitution  ? or  Shall  it  enter  into  honorable  rivalry  with 
other  institutions  of  a national  reputation  ? As  a local  institu- 
tion, it  will  ere  long  reach  its  maximum  growth.  If  broader 
ideas  prevail,  if  there  be  an  earnest  solicitude  for  our  city’s 
good  name  and  assistance  be  promptly  given,  this  decade 
\will  not  have  passed  before  that  the  enrollment  will 
exceed  a thousand  students  from  far  and  near  — only  the 
beginning,  not  the  end  of  growth.  The  decision  rests 
with  ^ou,  fellow-citizens,  to  whom  we  now  make  our 
appeal,  asking  for  contributions,  that  .first  of  all , buildings 
may  be  ejected,  and  afterward  chairs,  fellowships  and 


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scholarships  be  endowed.  We  appeal  to  you  who  are 
wealthy  to  help  us  liberally ; we  appeal  to  every  citizen  to 
contribute,  no  matter  how  small  the  amount  may  be. 
Every  one  who  gives  will  feel  that  he  or  she  has  thereby  a 
personal  interest  in  the  University,  a result  most  desirable. 
In  the  Treasurer’s  report  of  Yale  University  for  1892,  the 
donations  to  the  Building  Funds  ranged  from  Jive  dollars 
to  one  hundred  thousa?id. 

We  can  not  believe  that  our  citizens  will  much  longer 
remain  indifferent  to  our  pressing  needs.  Can  there  be  a 
nobler  remembrance  than  to  have  one’s  name  linked  with 
an  institution  that  will  for  ages  and  ages  prove  a blessing! 
Whence  can  there  come  a more  honorable  perpetuity  of 
name!  How  grandstand  forth  those  universities  of  the 
Old  World,  which  have  existed  for  centuries,  surviving 
dynasties,  the  witnesses  of  dismembered  realms,  and  yet 
they  are  ever  taking  firmer  hold.  In  the  New  World, 
John  Harvard  and  Elihu  Yale  will  never  be  forgotten. 
Among  us  shall  always  live  in  more  vivid  memory  Charles 
McMicken  and  Matthew  Thoms.  The  older  institutions, 

. long  since  made  rock-fast,  we  would  vie  with  others  in  honor- 
ing— and  yet  our  hearts  warm  towards,  and  our  admiration 
is  intense  for  our  own  University,  dwelling  in  that  smoke- 
begrimed  building,  which  for  nearly  two  score  years  has 
clung,  as  if  for  life,  to  the  rough  and  rugged  slope  of  yonder 
hill.  As  a tender  shoot  it  was  planted,  and  in  spite  of  the 
fierce  windsand  chilling  blasts  it  lived,  it  grew — it  flourishes, 
soon  to  be  transplanted  (may  God  speed  the  day)  to  a more 
kindly  soil,  where  it  will  take  deeper  root,  bud,  blossom, 
and  yield  fruit  more  abundantly  each  year.  The  opportu- 
nities of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  are  so  great  >that 
nothing  can  shake  our  faith  in  its  future,  nor  the/belief 
that  divine  Providence  will  make  it  clear  to  men  o# wealth, 
of  generous  impulse,  and  public  spirit,  that  this/fs  the  way 
He  wishes  them  to  minister  to  the  welfare  of  /dieir  fellows. 


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Circular  Address. 


APPENDIX. 


BENEFACTORS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI. 


CHARLES  McMICKEN. 

Charles  McMieken,  who  died  in  1858,  bequeathed  to  the 
city  property  worth  over  $1, coo, coo,  to  found  an  institu- 
tion of  learning,  in  which  students  should  ‘'receive  the 
benefit  of  a sound,  thorough,  and  practical  English  educa- 
tion, and  such  as  might  fit  them  for  the  active  duties  of 
life,  as  well  as  instruction  in  the  higher  branches  of 
knowledge,  except  denominational  theology,  to  the  extent 
that  the  same  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  taught  in  any  of 
the  secular  colleges  or  universities  of  the  highest  grade  in 
the  country.” 

A large  portion  of  this  bequest,  consisting  of  land, 
valued  at  nearly  $500,000,  and  located  in  Louisiana,  was 
taken  possession  of  by  the  government  of  that  State, 
which  refused  to  recognize  the  validity  of  bequests  of  real 
estate  to  institutions  not  situated  within  its  borders.  The 
present  value  of  this  endowment  is  estimated  at  $600, coo. 

JOHN  KILGOUR. 

In  the  year  1872,  John  Kilgour  gave  to  the  city,  for  the 
use  of  the  University,  four  acres  of  ground  on  Mt.  Look- 
out, valued  at  $10,000,  and  the  sum  of  $1,000,  on  con- 
\ dition  that  the  Observatory  Building  be  erected  on  the 
ground.  Afterwards,  Mr.  Kilgour  gave  $10,000  additional 
for  a building. 

\ ASTRONOMICAL  SOCIETY. 

Ths  Astronomical  Society  donated  its  instruments  and 
books,  valued  at  $8,000,  to  the  city,  on  condition  that  an 
Observatory  should  be  maintained. 


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JUEIUS  DEXTER. 

In  the  year  1873,  Julius  Dexter  gave  $1,000  as  an  endow- 
ment for  the  Observatory,  the  interest  to  be  used  for  its 
support. 

JOSEPH  EONGWORTH. 

During  his  life,  Joseph  Longworth,  at  different  times, 
gave  to  the  city  for  the  support  of  the  School  of  Design 
of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  the  sum  of  $100,000.  In 
the  year  1883,  he  desired  that  the  School  of  Design  should 
be  surrendered  to  the  management  of  the  Museum  Asso- 
ciation, and  proposed,  if  this  were  done,  to  endow  it  with 
perpetual  ground  rents  of  the  market  value  of  $250,000. 
After  mature  deliberation,  the  University  Directors  accepted 
his  proposition,  and  in  February,  1884,  the  School  of  Design 
passed  under  the  management  of  the  Cincinnati  Museum 
Association. 

PROFESSOR  S.  LILIENTHAE. 

In  the  year  1875,  Prof.  S.  Lilienthal,  of  New  York  City, 
in  memory  of  his  son,  a talented  mining  engineer,  donated 
a valuable  collection  of  minerals,  with  the  inscription, 
“ Donated  by  Benjamin  Lilienthal.” 

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MRS.  NANCY  FECHHEIMER. 

In  the  year  1881,  Mrs.  Nancy  Fechheimer,  of  this  city, 
donated  a valuable  geological  and  mineralogical  collection, 
in  memory  of  her  husband,  Marcus  Fechheimer. 

REV.  SAMUEE  J.  BROWNE. 

The  late  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Browne,  in  his  last  will,  be- 
queathed $150,000  to  establish  a university.  His  wiki  was 
set  aside.  His  heirs,  by  an  agreement,  gave  $i,ocjo  to  the 
Cincinnati  Orphan  Asylum,  and  $1,000  to  the  Widow’s 
Home.  From  a certain  amount  of  property  donated  for 


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educational  purposes,  the  Lane  Theological  Seminary  re- 
ceived one  third  and  the  University  two-thirds  for  its  sup- 
port, to  be  known,  according  to  agreement,  as  the  “ Browne 
Endowment  Fund.”  At  present,  the  Board  holds,  invested 
in  bonds,  the  sum  of  $18,192.67.  The  entire  proceeds  that 
may  be  received  from  the  sale  of  lots  are  to  be  kept  intact, 
the  interest  only  to  be  expended  for  the  support  of  the 
University. 

MATTHEW  THOMS. 

Matthew  Thoms,  who  died  in  1890,  bequeathed  to  the 
University  of  Cincinnati  property,  the  estimated  value  of 
which  is  $130,000.  The  heirs  proceeded  to  test  the  validity 
of  the  will.  A compromise  was  agreed  upon,  by  which 
the  heirs  are  to  receive  $20,000  in  money,  of  which  $2,500 
are  to  be  paid  in  cash  and  the  remainder  in  three  equal 
annual  payments,  with  five  per  cent  interest  semi-annually. 

A.  g.  wetherby. 

In  1891,  A.  G.  Wetherby,  formerly  Professor  of  Natural 
History  in  the  University,  gave  a collection  of  specimens, 
valued  from  $2,000  to  $4,000,  in  Natural  History  and 
Mineralogy. 

FRANK  J.  JONES. 

In  1892,  Frank  J.  Jones  founded  a prize,  consisting  of 
$40.00,  to  be  awarded  annually  to  that  member  of  the 
Senior  Class  who  shall  write  and  pronounce  an  English 
Oration  in  the  best  manner. 

Valuable  donations  of  books  have  been  made  by  Eugene 
p Bliss  and  Judge  Moses  F.  Wilson. 


The  University  of  Cincinnati 


BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

Appointed  by  the  Superior  Court  of  Hamilton  County  for 
a Term  of  Six  Years. 


Wieeiam  McAepin Term  expires  January  i,  1894. 

Wieeiam  H.  Morgan “ “ “ “ 

Isaac  M.  Wise “ “ “ t “ 

John  B.  Peaseee “ “ “ 1895. 

James  Brown “ 

C.  A.  L.  Reed “ 

Wieeiam  M.  Ramsey “ “ “ 1896. 

Wieeiam  Strunk “ 

BEEEAMY  feTORER “ 

M.  B.  Hagans “ “ “ 1897. 

C.  G.  Comegys,  Chairman “ 

Oscar  W.  Kuhn “ 

J.  M.  Robinson “ “ “ 1898. 

Brent  Arnoed f. 

A.  Howard  Hinkee “ 

John  W.  Luhn “ “ “ 1899. 

Frank  J.  Jones “ 

Edmund  K.  Staeeo “ 

Ex-Officio , John  B.  Mosby,  Mayor  of  Cincinnati. 


Clerk  of  the  Board,  Joseph  F.  Wright. 


Academic  Department. 

FACULTY  AND  INSTRUCTORS 


William  Oliver  Sproull,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Dean,  29  Mason  Street. 

Professor  of  Latin  Language  and  Literature , and  of  Arabic. 

Wayland  Richardson  Benedict,  M.  A.,  Brookline  Ave.,  Clifton. 

Professor  of  Philosophy. 

Edward  Wyllys  Hyde,  C.  E.,  16  Lincoln  Avenue,  Waluut  Hills. 

Professor  of  Mathematics. 

Thomas  French,  Jr.,  Ph.  D., Ridgeway  Avenue,  Avondale. 

Professor  of  Physics. 

Thomas  Herbert  Norton,  Ph.  D., 

Loraine  and  Brookline  Avenues,  Clifton. 

Professor  of  Chemistry. 

Jermain  GilderslEEve  Porter,  Ph.  D., Station  C. 

Director  of  the  Observatory  and  Professor  of  Astronomy. 

William  Everett  Waters,  Ph.  D.,  Librarian,  Mount  Hope  Road. 

Professor  of  Greek  and  Comparative  Philology. 

Edward  Miles  Brown,  Ph.  D., Ridgeway  Avenue,  Avondale. 

Professor  of  English  Language  and  Literature. 

Philip  Van  Ness  Myers,  LL.  D.,  L.  H.  D., College  Hill. 

Professor  of  History  and  Political  Economy. 

Ward  Baldwin,  C.  E.,  M.  S.,  Registrar, 

Auburn  Hotel,  Mt.  Auburn. 

Professor  of  Civil  Engineenug. 

James  Playfair  McMurrich,  Ph.  D.,  Auburn  Hotel,  Mt.  Auburn. 

Professor  of  Biology. 

Charles  P^rederick  Seybold,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Secretary, 

East  Ridgeway  Avenue,  Walnut  Hills. 

Professor  of  French  and  German. 


Everett  Irving  Yowell,  C.  E.,  M.  S., Mt.  Lookout. 

Instructor  in  Mathematics . 

Paul  Francis  Walker,  LL.  B., Forestville,  Ohio, 

Instructor  in  Spanish. 

Herman  Elijah  Newman,  Ph.  D 261  Central  Avenue. 

Assistant  in  Chemistry. 

E'LLiS  Guy  Kinkead,  B.  A.,  LL.  B., 57  Gest  Street. 

Instructor  in  Latin. 

William  Osgood  Mussey,  M.  A., Westwood,  O. 

Instructor  in  English. 

Louis  Ed\Vtard  Bogen, Kerper  Avenue. 

Assistant  in  Civil  Engineering  and  in  Physics. 

Clara  Langen’bECK, Ninth  and  Race. 


Assistant  in  Biology. 


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